The remarks were a considerable shift for France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, who called Moscow a potential threat for many European countries.

French President Emmanuel Macron, in Washington for talks on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, said France and Britain would hold a meeting on Tuesday with Kyiv's allies. But he warned against trusting Russian President Vladimir Putin,

The French president reiterated Trump's belief that an agreement could be reached with Putin: 'But if at the end this process is met by refusal, we are also ready to say that we need to increase sanctions.